Mar 4, 2024, 2:35 pm EST
Bianca Gonzalez
In Entebbe Airport in Uganda, citizens can use their digital passports at self-clearance e-gates, according to New Vision.
The e-passports differ from physical machine-readable passports, which can only hold traditional text information, a photo, and a ghost image. The new, chip-enabled passports add biometric identification capabilities and will leverage Uganda’s national database of fingerprints.
Travellers use self-clearance e-gates by scanning their passports and submitting a face scan for comparison. The use of biometrics minimizes the chances of identity theft.
Now citizens can use e-gates to leave and enter the country without necessarily interacting with immigration officers.
Uganda began its journey towards issuing chipped biometric passports when it contracted Veridos to work with a local partner on the production.
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